Anastrangalia sanguinolenta
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Anastrangalia sanguinolenta, the blood-red longhorn beetle, is a species of flower longhorn beetles belonging to the family Cerambycidae, subfamily Lepturinae. This beetle is a common species present in most of Europe and in the Near Eastern countries such as Caucasus, Transcaucasia, and Turkey, where they mainly inhabit mountainous coniferous forests.
Head, antennae and pronotum are black in both sexes, while elytra are reddish-brown in the female and yellowish-brown in the male. The adults grow up to 8–13 millimetres (0.31–0.51 in) and can be encountered from May through August, completing their life cycle in 2–3 years.
The larvae develop at the expense of various species of conifers, mainly within dead wood of Pinus sylvestris and Picea abies. The adults visit flowers for nectar and pollen. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aigüestortes National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 2 | Vanoise National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 3 | Triglav National Park | 🇸🇮 Slovenia | |
| 4 | Tatra National Park | 🇸🇰 Slovakia | |
| 5 | Mercantour National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 6 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 7 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 8 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vienna | 🇦🇹 Austria |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Blood-Red Longhorn Beetle sighting in Mercantour National Park on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 307th most-seen of the 412 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Blood-Red Longhorn Beetle in Mercantour National Park on a given day, against under 5% in September to June, the lowest months.
Between 1 and 4 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Blood-Red Longhorn Beetle sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
5th of 8
Of the 8 parks where we can rate Blood-Red Longhorn Beetle sightings, Mercantour National Park ranks 5th at about 10%. The best odds are in Aigüestortes National Park (Spain, about 20%), Vanoise National Park (France, about 20%) and Triglav National Park (Slovenia, about 10%).
Same family: Cerambycidae
The closest relatives of the Blood-Red Longhorn Beetle that you can see in Mercantour National Park (family Cerambycidae, Longhorn Beetles) are Paracorymbia hybrida (about 10%), Spotted Longhorn Beetle (about 10%) and Brachyta interrogationis (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Blood-Red Longhorn Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Mercantour National Park (6 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
